Show FURNACES CLOSE AT THE JUNCTION United States Company Makes Preparations to Send Ore Elsewhere ALL QUIET IN LITTLE TOWN NO ARRESTS NO DRUNKENNESS NO DISORDER So far as real operation of o the plant of the United States Smelting Refining Mining company at Bingham Junction Is concerned there practically is none noneA A number of men were at work yester day unloading cars of ot ore that came In from various points today t day perhaps this ore in its transportation may be sent elsewhere There is no bitter tongue spoken by b either the men who are out or bj b the officials of ot the company As A I the saying goes things at the Junction are in statu quo Town and Property Protected I At a meeting of the tho whites that Is to say the American as dis distinguished distinguished by that designation from the Austrian and Greek laborers a resolution was unanimously un passed and with calm enthusiasm that each member of ot the gathering constitute himself a peace of ot fleer without authority official from the sheriff of the county perhaps but a peace officer nevertheless It is the duty of each man to take to his home or place of residence every fellow worker who is found intoxicated or boisterous At Deputy Cronkhite said to The Herald Up to this time there has bas been no need nor necessity for tor this committee or orone orone orone one In Bingham Junction there are two regular deputy deput sheriffs One of these Is Niel Iel Anderson and the other Is Ira Beck Beckstead Beckstead Beckstead stead Both of these gentlemen are alert and equipped to handle the situation Mr Anderson said to the representative of The Herald yesterday afternoon No Disorder Anywhere You see no disorder no turbulence here do you No certainly there is none to be seen No I will take you rou to Little Austria and we will see what of disturbance there Is there thereIn thereIn In Little Austria there were no crowds or Individuals bearing the mask mak of one lne whose heart Is filled with bitterness and whose hand reaches for the stiletto on the Instant Numbers of oC the foreigners however were about the saloons and pool poolrooms poolrooms poolrooms rooms but none of a them were drinking to excess This is the scene you ou may ma see here every day said Mr That is what we have here every ever day da said Mr Beckstead What you see here now is what you see every ever day on our streets Have Situation In Hand Han HaneL HanAt At Bingham Junction yesterday there were in official capacity the two deputy deput sheriffs Anderson and Beck Beckstead Beckstead stead In addition there were these deputies appointed particularly for the service William Edwards F M 31 I Cronk bite hite Harry Best Ed E H HI Smith William Cox and W V H Bird I Officers from Salt Lake were Axel Steele Isaac Emery Andrew Smith aid H E In the afternoon it was reported to the deputies that an attack was being made Ion on the compans plant It developed that I three or four foreigners for had attempted to scale the fences but the offenders es ca escaped escaped fleeing upon the approach of those in authority Last night everything was as quiet as possibly it could be It Is likely that the themen then men awn n will try tT to lease the opera house for forthe forthe forthe the purpose of holding daily meetings every ever man is presumed to report at these meetings Whether bether or not the opera house has been secured is not known at this time Mr Statement With ith reference to the strike George Geor e W IV Heintz traffic manager of the United States Smelting Refining company compan said yesterday afternoon As far as I know at this time the smelter will be he closed indefinitely The Themen Themen Themen men have made us ua no proposition and there Is nothing before us that would tend about a settlement The men de demanded demanded demanded a increase in the scale all down the line and this of course was w s out of the question Our company com pan has been een paying the men employed on the lead fur furnaces furnaces furnaces naces an amount quaI to that which the themen themen themen men at Murray are receiving since the recent 10 per cent increase there and the themen themen themen men in the copper furnaces are getting even een more than is paid for the same class of oC labor elsewhere I was under the im impression impression that at least SO 00 9 per cent of our were satisfied with the scale In force Unless arrangements are made soon to reopen the plant we will be forced to di divert divert vert our ores elsewhere for tor treatment We would be sorry to have to close the plant I permanently it would be a loss to us usand usand usand and to Bingham Junction thousand dollars Is paid to these men each month and the loss of the payroll would be a serious blow to the town The ores on their way to the smelter arf arl az being un unloaded unloaded unloaded loaded by the few men still at work but no more ore will be shipped here from the mines at present |